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RESEARCH & IMPACT
From Education to Application
For 10+ years, we've taught AI and coding to 1,000+ students. Now, we're applying that expertise to solve pressing social challenges through data science and machine learning.
Meet Our Research Lead
Suha Islaih
AI/ML Engineer & Founder of My Code Club. With 10+ years teaching 1,000+ students and 3+ years building production AI systems, Suha bridges education and application. Her projects include KitabiAI (Arabic NLP), LongevityLab (media analysis), and enterprise AI solutions.
AI/ML Engineer
Founder & Lead Researcher
THE MCC ADVANTAGE
10+ Years Teaching AI
We've taught 1,000+ students what AI can do.
Now Applying It
We use that same expertise to solve real problems.
Full Circle Learning
Our research informs better teaching, creating a virtuous cycle.
ACTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS
LongevityLab: Media Narratives Analysis
Analyzing 34,000+ Canadian media articles to identify ageist bias and support evidence-based advocacy.
📊 Methodology
- Machine Learning sentiment analysis
- Natural Language Processing
- Automated media monitoring (358 outlets)
- Interactive dashboard for stakeholders
🎯 Impact
Supporting advocacy organizations and policymakers with data-driven insights to combat ageist narratives in Canadian media.
Key Finding: 46.5% of media coverage shows mismatch between phrase categorization and sentiment
Status: ⭐ ACTIVELY SEEKING EXPANSION FUNDING | Pilot phase complete
Project Lead: Suha Islaih, AI/ML Engineer
KitabiAI: Multilingual Book Digitization
Democratizing access to Arabic literature through AI-powered PDF processing. Specialized OCR for right-to-left text with 95%+ TOC extraction accuracy.
🌍 Social Impact
- Preserving Arabic literary heritage
- Enabling global access to knowledge
- Supporting authors & universities
- Reducing digitization costs (10 sec vs hours)
🚀 Expansion Goals
- Advanced TOC extraction research
- Multilingual RAG chatbot (Q&A)
- 100+ book pilot digitization
- University partnership program
Current Capability: Azure Document Intelligence, FastAPI, specialized Arabic NLP pipeline, RAG-ready text chunking
Status: ⭐ SEEKING EXPANSION FUNDING | Production MVP live at kitabiai.com
Project Lead: Suha Islaih, Founder & Lead Developer
OTHER COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
TTC Accessibility Chatbot: Collaborative project with 4-person team developing AI-powered transit information system for improved accessibility.
RESEARCH & DATA SERVICES
My Code Club now offers machine learning and data analysis services for organizations addressing social challenges.
DATA ANALYSIS & INSIGHTS
- • Large-scale data processing
- • Pattern identification
- • Statistical analysis & reporting
- • Custom dashboard development
MACHINE LEARNING
- • Sentiment analysis for text
- • Natural Language Processing
- • Automated classification
- • Predictive modeling
MEDIA & TEXT ANALYSIS
- • Media monitoring & tracking
- • Content analysis at scale
- • Bias detection in narratives
- • Temporal trend analysis
DATA ENGINEERING
- • Data pipeline development
- • Data cleaning & preparation
- • Database design
- • API integration
VISUALIZATION & REPORTING
- • Interactive dashboards
- • Stakeholder-ready reports
- • Data storytelling
- • Policy briefs
MULTILINGUAL NLP
- • Arabic text processing (RTL)
- • Cross-lingual analysis
- • Document digitization
- • Translation-ready pipelines
🎓 STUDENT INVOLVEMENT PATHWAY
Advanced MCC students can participate in research projects as junior data analysts, learning real-world AI applications while contributing to social impact work.
WHO WE SERVE
Non-Profit & Advocacy Orgs
Social impact focused organizations
Academic & Research Partners
Universities & research institutions
Government & Public Sector
Policy research & public service
Media & Journalism
Data journalism & media analysis
OUR APPROACH
We combine technical expertise with social impact focus:
✦ Evidence-based methodology
✦ Transparent & reproducible
✦ Stakeholder-centered design
✦ Actionable insights
✦ Ethical AI practices
✦ Cost-effective solutions
READY TO APPLY AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD?
We're currently accepting 2-3 research partnerships for 2026 in media analysis, multilingual NLP, or educational technology.
Active Funding Priorities: LongevityLab (Ageism Research) • KitabiAI (Arabic Knowledge Access) • Educational AI Applications
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